It's also worth noting that it makes Gaea's Cradle tap for mana. Most of the synergies with this card can only be really labled as 'cute.' The only one imo that's worth it is GSZing for it on T1 to ramp, so it's a go if you have that, I guess?
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Onderzeeboot
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I think this is a fair assessment. I cut the Utility Land Draft, and added Treetop Village and Yavimaya Hollow to the main cube. I feel both of those offer a lot more than Arbor.
Dom Harvey
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how about this blast from the past in Cubes/decks that want pump spells:
Onderzeeboot
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I would totally be on board with that card if it cost 
and gave +2/+2 instead.
and gave +2/+2 instead.
The only reason I haven't used Helm of Possession yet is because I like to concentrate that effect specifically U/R, but it does look like a really cool card, and it's definitely something I've got on my considerations list.
Kind of a weird card, but it seems great for those of you with a sacrifice theme. I'm trying it out in my cube, which has a light sacrifice theme and a solid supply of tokens.
I'm seriously considering to add it in my cube after i saw how it plays in Safra's cube.
Ritual of the Machine for every color felt good to me.
All this talk around the threads here of cool custom anthems has gotten me looking at pumping effects. What do we think of this little guy? Actually seems like a perfectly strong pick that can help aggression in any color?
In your cube it probably will underperform.
Doesn't do anything on its own, your cube doesn't have that many tokens which it might be powerful enough, though a simple anthem would be just better even then?
The fact that it's an artifact doesn't matter in your cube, so that ain't a benefit either.
I feel Signal Pest would rock in
Signal Pest is trash, I've tried it several times. Always trash. Unless you're really pushing Voltron and artifacts, it doesn't do enough.
Well then. Signal Pest, you've been shamed back to modern where you belong, I guess .
While I'm getting artifacts feelings hurt, I've been looking at this lumpy mass of hands, and wondering if it'd be a sort of cool one-card archetype:
With the general idea being
.While I'm getting artifacts feelings hurt, I've been looking at this lumpy mass of hands, and wondering if it'd be a sort of cool one-card archetype:
With the general idea being
- Control Elements
- Some Token Doods
- Some bombs
- Brainstorm helps here
- I guess mana rocks help too
- So basically a control shell that can kinda just whip out their bombs using like lingering souls?
I have been running signal pest forever and recently added proteus staff but it haven't seen any play yet. Signal pest works in my environment, it begs to be run alongside equipment as well as tokens and anthems.
Thing about my environment is that there are very few fliers so it's evasion is probably much better than in other cubes.
Thing about my environment is that there are very few fliers so it's evasion is probably much better than in other cubes.
The flexibility of colourless in the first ability cost makes it more forgiving if you don't pull double green, but ideally hit with Stun Spore first and can follow up to stall with Stiffen, giving you a 50/50 chance of preventing action and then a 50/50 chance of avoiding damage on top of that. Note also that Metapod is from the literal first set of Pokemon cards - I'd say it isn't terribly wonky given this consideration, especially when you compare it to Magic's first set offerings.
(I haven't played Pokemon cards in yeeeeears fyi)
Dom Harvey
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+ I will put that darn goblin in my cube for storm, thanks!
I am a HUGE fan of living death. I like effects that have a high reward, but make you work to get it. (in this case, making sure that your opponent's graveyard is not well-stocked...)